Biography:
Canada Lee, born Leonard Lionel Cornelius Canegate, was one of the greatest African American actors during the late '30s and '40s. Prior to beginning his distinguished acting career playing Banquo in Orson Welles' all-black Macbeth at the WPA's Federal Theater Project in Harlem in 1936, Lee had been a jockey, a violinist, an orchestra lead... Continue Bio >>

Filmography:
2000 Scandalize My Name: Stories From the Blacklist
1951 Cry the Beloved Country
1949 Lost Boundaries
1947 Body and Soul
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